diff --git a/distributions/LEIoT/options b/distributions/LEIoT/options
index 8221c23829..4721090b86 100644
--- a/distributions/LEIoT/options
+++ b/distributions/LEIoT/options
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Short distro description
   DESCRIPTION="LibreELEC for IoT (LEIoT) is a simple appliance OS for containers."
 
-# Distribution Source location                                                            
+# Distribution Source location 
   DISTRO_MIRROR="https://src.leiot.org/mirror"
   DISTRO_SRC="https://src.leiot.org/$DISTRO_VERSION"
 
diff --git a/packages/devel/fakeroot/package.mk b/packages/devel/fakeroot/package.mk
index 741ff01022..0500d4425c 100644
--- a/packages/devel/fakeroot/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/fakeroot/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2019-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="fakeroot"
-PKG_VERSION="1.37.1.1"
-PKG_SHA256="86b0b75bf319ca42e525c098675b6ed10a06b76e69ec9ccf20ef5e03883b3a14"
+PKG_VERSION="1.37.1.2"
+PKG_SHA256="959496928c8a676ec8377f665ff6a19a707bfad693325f9cc4a4126642f53224"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL3"
 PKG_SITE="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/fakeroot"
 PKG_URL="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/fakeroot/${PKG_NAME}_${PKG_VERSION}.orig.tar.gz"
diff --git a/packages/devel/libplist/package.mk b/packages/devel/libplist/package.mk
index a033e223b7..a38f87c582 100644
--- a/packages/devel/libplist/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/libplist/package.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="libplist"
-PKG_VERSION="2.6.0"
-PKG_SHA256="67be9ee3169366589c92dc7c22809b90f51911dd9de22520c39c9a64fb047c9c"
+PKG_VERSION="2.7.0"
+PKG_SHA256="7ac42301e896b1ebe3c654634780c82baa7cb70df8554e683ff89f7c2643eb8b"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.libimobiledevice.org/"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/releases/download/${PKG_VERSION}/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
diff --git a/packages/graphics/harfbuzz/package.mk b/packages/graphics/harfbuzz/package.mk
index 623a06eb70..54b87f6c1b 100644
--- a/packages/graphics/harfbuzz/package.mk
+++ b/packages/graphics/harfbuzz/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="harfbuzz"
-PKG_VERSION="11.2.0"
-PKG_SHA256="50f7d0a208367e606dbf6eecc5cfbecc01a47be6ee837ae7aff2787e24b09b45"
+PKG_VERSION="11.2.1"
+PKG_SHA256="093714c8548a285094685f0bdc999e202d666b59eeb3df2ff921ab68b8336a49"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/HarfBuzz"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases/download/${PKG_VERSION}/harfbuzz-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/media-driver/package.mk b/packages/multimedia/media-driver/package.mk
index e8ea44fc6c..2080b85e25 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/media-driver/package.mk
+++ b/packages/multimedia/media-driver/package.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2019-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="media-driver"
-PKG_VERSION="25.2.1"
-PKG_SHA256="fc7ffad0ef83979247ae641b0382816129387a0dc29822dd4a78f5bc990c1b1f"
+PKG_VERSION="25.2.2"
+PKG_SHA256="21937b289a094c6ddee65c66a4c35ec35fa980a2548bf17ccebe79a5febd3ee4"
 PKG_ARCH="x86_64"
 PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 PKG_SITE="https://01.org/linuxmedia"
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ PKG_URL="https://github.com/intel/media-driver/archive/intel-media-${PKG_VERSION
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain libva libdrm gmmlib"
 PKG_LONGDESC="media-driver: The Intel(R) Media Driver for VAAPI is a new VA-API (Video Acceleration API) user mode driver supporting hardware accelerated decoding, encoding, and video post processing for GEN based graphics hardware."
 
+pre_configure_target() {
+  # build with gcc 15 (since 15-20250330, build is successful with 15-20250316) fails
+  # unless this error is degraded to a warning
+  export CXXFLAGS+=" -Wno-error=array-bounds="
+}
+
 PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-DBUILD_CMRTLIB=OFF \
                        -DBUILD_KERNELS=ON \
                        -DBUILD_TYPE=release \
diff --git a/packages/python/devel/setuptools/package.mk b/packages/python/devel/setuptools/package.mk
index 3d9bb3ea2d..5d4abe1dc4 100644
--- a/packages/python/devel/setuptools/package.mk
+++ b/packages/python/devel/setuptools/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="setuptools"
-PKG_VERSION="80.4.0"
-PKG_SHA256="5a78f61820bc088c8e4add52932ae6b8cf423da2aff268c23f813cfbb13b4006"
+PKG_VERSION="80.7.1"
+PKG_SHA256="f6ffc5f0142b1bd8d0ca94ee91b30c0ca862ffd50826da1ea85258a06fd94552"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="https://pypi.org/project/setuptools"
 PKG_URL="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/${PKG_NAME:0:1}/${PKG_NAME}/${PKG_NAME,,}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/exfatprogs/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/exfatprogs/package.mk
index 7a98295968..d3595cd2c5 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/exfatprogs/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/exfatprogs/package.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2021-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="exfatprogs"
-PKG_VERSION="1.2.8"
-PKG_SHA256="d742b17af7b09370b9334deff167222f21720577c6eea3f9b3c51770ac544516"
+PKG_VERSION="1.2.9"
+PKG_SHA256="d9a42197c6ff9e6a8e923789413008e317415cf7a4ab85c486c5ffcaf49ca175"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPLv2"
 PKG_SITE="https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs/releases/download/${PKG_VERSION}/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/package.mk
index 1880a84e0e..1d0e61adee 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/package.mk
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="open-vm-tools"
-PKG_VERSION="12.5.0"
-PKG_SHA256="a52182c7e6b5df41bb317625e9d8592ecdb9db814d1c2c9b7cdb91a77f8c0640"
+PKG_VERSION="12.5.2"
+PKG_SHA256="45fe43982e618f52a6b12c7578d9c6b63e36de62d23034a3852267b1aa5bb9ab"
 PKG_ARCH="x86_64"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools"
-PKG_URL="https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/archive/stable-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/download/${PKG_VERSION}/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}-24697584.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain fuse3 glib libdnet libtirpc"
 PKG_LONGDESC="open-vm-tools: open source implementation of VMware Tools"
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="autotools"
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-docs \
                            --with-udev-rules-dir=/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/ \
                            --with-sysroot=${SYSROOT_PREFIX}"
 
-configure_package() {
-  PKG_CONFIGURE_SCRIPT="${PKG_BUILD}/open-vm-tools/configure"
-}
-
 post_unpack() {
   # Hack to allow package to be bumped without linking against old libraries
   rm -f ${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/lib/libvmtools*
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/patches/open-vm-tools-751-fix-build-with-gcc-15.patch b/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/patches/open-vm-tools-751-fix-build-with-gcc-15.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e72dd16504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/patches/open-vm-tools-751-fix-build-with-gcc-15.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+From 129d87bd5fd5f2436a467d4b7d43e0d102a867da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Rudi Heitbaum <rudi@heitbaum.com>
+Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 10:40:03 +1100
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix build when compiling with -std=c23
+
+Fixes the build when using gcc 15
+---
+ lib/lock/ul.c | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/lib/lock/ul.c b/lib/lock/ul.c
+index d376a98af..fc9fdb714 100644
+--- a/lib/lock/ul.c
++++ b/lib/lock/ul.c
+@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
+ static Bool mxInPanic = FALSE;  // track when involved in a panic
+ static Bool mxUserCollectLockingTree = FALSE;
+ 
+-Bool (*MXUserTryAcquireForceFail)() = NULL;
++Bool (*MXUserTryAcquireForceFail)(const char *) = NULL;
+ 
+ static MX_Rank (*MXUserMxCheckRank)(void) = NULL;
+ static void (*MXUserMxLockLister)(void) = NULL;
diff --git a/packages/textproc/libxml2/package.mk b/packages/textproc/libxml2/package.mk
index 57abce9aeb..536077d092 100644
--- a/packages/textproc/libxml2/package.mk
+++ b/packages/textproc/libxml2/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="libxml2"
-PKG_VERSION="2.14.2"
-PKG_SHA256="e596fdf256142d228dd004b37aed83916b36e8a7537928d07759cf3e00c5a15e"
+PKG_VERSION="2.14.3"
+PKG_SHA256="9d5805e78055a4507e30944b99fb554f98142f540a092836b01d68ab344fd703"
 PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 PKG_SITE="http://xmlsoft.org"
 PKG_URL="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/${PKG_NAME}/-/archive/v${PKG_VERSION}/${PKG_NAME}-v${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"